Royal Society of Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, 6(38), p. 2258, 2014
DOI: 10.1039/c4nj00364k
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Naphthalene analogues of luminol with several types of substituents were prepared. All molecules exhibit a strong green chemiluminescence in aqueous solution, which is catalysed by iron, pointing to the possibility of increasing the sensitivity of analytical methods currently based on luminol.